really spoken. Come on, let's go inside.

真的說話了。來吧，我們進去吧。

Oh dear, excuse me. I'm a bit tired: I was out

哦，親愛的，對不起。我有點累了。我在外面

late last night, with the lads. I know, yeah, we didn't get back until 9.30. In the evening.

昨晚晚些時候，與小夥子們。我知道，是的，我們直到9點半才回來。在晚上。

It was a wild night. I know, I know, I am a party animal. Anyway, while I get myself

這是一個瘋狂的夜晚。我知道，我知道，我是個派對動物。無論如何，當我得到自己

together a bit, let's ask some other people in London what they got up to last night.

湊合一下，讓我們'問一些其他的人在倫敦，他們得到了什麼昨晚。

At 9 o'clock last night I was watching a movie.

昨晚9點'鍾，我在看電影。

I was laying in bed. I was invited to a dinner at my friend's house.

我躺在床上。我被邀請去朋友家吃晚飯'。

I was playing football I was out drinking.

我在踢足球，我在外面喝酒。

Well well, what interesting lives we all lead.

好吧好吧，我們都過著多麼有趣的生活。

Now they all used the past form of the verb 'to be' - was. Now the word 'was' is made of

現在他們都用了動詞'被'的過去式--是。現在這個詞'was'是由

the sounds /w/, /ɔ:/, / z/, isn't it? Or is it? Listen again. What sound can you actually hear?

聲音/w/, /ɔ:/, / z/, 不是嗎?或者是嗎？再聽一遍。你到底能聽到什麼聲音？

At 9 o'clock last night I was watching a movie.

昨晚9點'鍾，我在看電影。

I was laying in bed. I was invited to a dinner at my friend's house.

我躺在床上。我被邀請去朋友家吃晚飯'。

I was playing football I was out drinking.

我在踢足球，我在外面喝酒。

When the word 'was' is unstressed, as in the

當'was'這個詞沒有重音時，如在。

examples we've just heard, then the vowel sound changes to a schwa - /ə/. So 'was' becomes

的例子，我們'剛剛聽到，然後元音改變為schwa - /ə/。所以'was'變成了

/wəz/, and also 'were' becomes /wə/. These are called weak forms. Here are some more examples.

/wəz/，也有'were'成為/wə/。這些被稱為弱形式。這裡還有一些例子。

I was there when it happened.

事情發生時我也在現場。

We were delighted with the results.

我們對結果很滿意。

We were having a good time until it rained.

我們玩得很開心，直到下雨了。

He was feeling much better last night.

他昨晚感覺好多了。

Right, now you've heard the examples, and

對，現在你已經聽過了這些例子，而且。

now it's your turn. Listen and repeat.

現在輪到你了聽著，重複。

I was there when it happened.

事情發生時我也在現場。

We were delighted with the results.

我們對結果很滿意。

We were having a good time until it rained.

我們玩得很開心，直到下雨了。

He was feeling much better last night.

他昨晚感覺好多了。

Great work. Remember, if you want to learn

偉大的工作。記住，如果你想學習

more about pronunciation, then please visit our website, bbclearningenglish dot com. And

更多關於發音的資訊，請訪問我們的網站，bbclearningenglish dot com。而

that is about it from the Pronunciation Workshop for now. I'll see you soon. Bye bye! Now...

這是關於它從發音工廠中的房間現在。I'll see you soon.拜拜！現在...

oh look! Hey, you know what this is? This is WAS backwards. Get it? WAS backwards...

哦，看！嘿，你知道這是什麼嗎？這是WAS倒退。明白了嗎？ -WAS倒退...WAS倒退...

it's a SAW. Now, I know what you were thinking. You were thinking that I was going to have

這是一個SAW。現在，我知道你在想什麼。你在想，我將有

some terrible accident. Well don't worry - it's not even switched on - look! Wooahhhhh!!!

一些可怕的事故。好了，別擔心--還沒開機呢--看!Wooahhhhh!!!